EXIL-NEGOCIOS study plan
EXIL-NEGOCIOS · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Business strategy and general management & Finance and accounting
Reconstruct from memory the core strategy frameworks (five forces, value chain, SWOT, generic strategies, growth-share matrix) and write a two-line explanation of when each is the right lens
Apply two frameworks to a single real company and defend its competitive position in writing
Build a linked income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for a sample firm and reconcile the cash flow to the change in cash
Sort a 40-item sample set by domain and sub-topic to identify which topics lose the most marks
Your checkpoint
A one-page strategy teardown of a chosen company plus a linked three-statement spreadsheet that balances to zero
Business strategy and general management & Finance and accounting
Compute and interpret twelve financial ratios spanning liquidity, leverage, profitability and efficiency for the same sample firm
Separate fixed from variable costs, calculate contribution margin and break-even volume, and explain operating leverage
Evaluate three investment proposals using NPV, IRR and payback, showing the discount-rate assumption used
Outline the main strategic moves (cost leadership, differentiation, vertical integration) and predict their financial statement impact
Your checkpoint
A financial analysis pack with twelve ratios interpreted in writing and five capital-budgeting problems solved with visible workings
Marketing and commercial management & Finance and accounting
Segment a market on two dimensions, choose a target segment and write a positioning statement for it
Assemble the marketing mix for that positioning and justify each of the four elements
Recommend a price using contribution margin plus a competitor reference, and show the volume needed to hit a profit target
Calculate and interpret customer acquisition cost, lifetime value and conversion rate from a small funnel data set
Your checkpoint
A one-page go-to-market brief containing segmentation, targeting, positioning, the marketing mix and a margin-backed pricing recommendation
Business strategy and general management & Marketing and commercial management & Finance and accounting
Complete a 60-question timed set across the three front-loaded domains and log every error with its root cause
Re-teach each missed concept from first principles without consulting notes
Consolidate all formulas from domains 1 to 3 onto a single reference sheet
Answer five short-answer case prompts combining strategy, marketing and finance in under 20 minutes each
Your checkpoint
A timed 60-question set scored at 70% or better with a categorized error log and a one-page formula sheet
Operations and supply chain management & Data analysis and digital business
Map a production or service process end to end, identify the bottleneck and calculate its capacity
Set an inventory policy using EOQ and safety stock, and state the assumptions behind each
Build a rolling forecast and compare it against a naive baseline to measure forecast error
Define six operational and commercial KPIs, state their formulas and design a dashboard layout that shows them
Translate one process into a digital workflow and name the data captured at each step
Your checkpoint
A spreadsheet operations model combining a forecast, inventory policy and capacity plan, plus a six-metric KPI dashboard mock-up
Human resources and organizational behavior & Data analysis and digital business
Compare three motivation theories and apply each to a retention problem in a short written case
Draft a hiring plan for a growing team, covering role design, sourcing channel and a structured interview scoring rubric
Analyze a small dataset with descriptive statistics and interpret one trend or regression output in plain language
Audit a dataset for quality issues (missing values, outliers, sampling bias) and state how each would distort a decision
Your checkpoint
A 500-word staffing and engagement case write-up paired with a data appendix of descriptive statistics and one interpreted trend
Entrepreneurship and innovation & Business law, ethics and compliance
Complete a business model canvas for a new venture and stress-test the revenue and cost assumptions
Estimate a rough valuation for that venture using one comparable and one discounted cash flow approach
Distinguish the main business forms and identify the contract terms that create the greatest legal exposure
Apply a structured ethics decision framework to five short compliance scenarios and justify each conclusion
Your checkpoint
A one-page business model canvas with a rough valuation and a written compliance and ethics memo covering five scenarios
Business law, ethics and compliance & Data analysis and digital business
Sit two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them
Re-derive every missed item to concept level and close each gap with a targeted drill
Compress all eight domains into a single final review sheet of triggers, formulas and traps
Rehearse pacing by answering a 20-question set in the exact per-question time budget
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock exams scored at 75% or better with a final one-page cross-domain review sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Explain and apply any strategy framework on demand, and produce a balanced three-statement model with correct ratio and break-even calculations
Week 4: Score at least 70% on a 60-question mixed set across domains 1 to 3 and explain every missed item without notes
Week 6: Deliver a working operations model and read a small dataset confidently enough to state what the numbers do and do not support
Week 8: Score at least 75% on two full-length timed mocks and hold a single review sheet covering all eight domains